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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16

A Now Partisan Artists Canvas Story OF q
"Rheumatic."

"Rheumatic."
@Tell me. Mr.. Wight" asked our reporter
OF the well-known art connosseur OF the
Everett New York, ais American art improy-
ing IN character aud OK cellencey"
SVsry much 80.
sDo Americans much patroaizo foreign
art!"
sYes And as they pay the best prices,
thor pr,va'e Saliaries coatIin gems of all tho
modern masters"
sMh.ch are preferred. works of the mo lern
or ancient ma ,Icrs.
@rhe modern Historical scenes, re u and
ideal landscapes, aud decided charasters IN
figure are the most popular.
sThe last timc wa, Ia Paris / picked up a
very strong bit of drawing, when depicted a
mdd!e-agod man bolstored ny IN much be-
cushioned chair, his face aud surroundings
indicating Intense nc my.
@His table is CROW ued with many a physi-
Cans phials, abandoned bandages, aud u sed-
up blisters. Before him tub OF steamng
wafer dersively sends its incense into his
fac, and the CRATE fire cheerlly blaZ,s IN
mcckery OF has unhapp.nes.. His nurse is u
type OF dismay
Il really enjoy looking at this pictured
II know how the Old fo low Iesls! mysel;
WAS for twelve years a victim OF inflammatory
rheumatism. Every spring aud winter per-
feet torture twisted mo for two or three
months during viii h was oft,n unable to
sleep for week at time; was torn intel 10y
CoutfuuOus agony, anu NJ one time WAS tOally
blind tor fortnight tn, disease having sei-
tied in my eyes. had the best medical skull,
used all the most approved scientific specifics
visited the famed mineral springs OF Amer
lea, OF Carlsbad and Paris, but every year the
same mad IRE literally burned me alivei
II often laugh to myself as l think what an
old bear l. too, must have bsen, when suf-
ferlng as that Old fol ow seems 10 b.
Aren't you tempting fate by making sport
of your old enemy"
tussle with him was over two years ago. aud
all the agony of the years of remission settled
on me then. Ny physicians gavo me no hops
of recovery. / had faith in myself, however. Z"
well, how did it work."
@The rheumatism was in nv case. a. in
nearly all others, caused by disease of the
blood, probably produced by unsupported in
activity of the kidneys, for | had never had
any pain in them. Twenty bottlos of War
ner's safe cure, however, completely purifi ed
my blood, and L never have enjoyed such ro-
bust health as now. Hundreds of friends in
Europe and America have, on my recon-
mendation, used it for general debility, ma
lara, rheumatism, etc, and | havJ never
heard an unsatisfactory report from them."
Mr. Wight has personal acquaintance
with the best art lovers of Europe and Amer
lea, and his experience gives weighty testi-
mony to the remarkable power of tho cele-
brated preparation named.
You think, then, Mr. Wight that there is
substantial art development in America"
Il certainly do, and have confidence that
when the true American idea is settled upon
our development will be both rapid aud ex-
cellent"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Effect or Ueaf ON Rocks.

That heat exercises metamorphos-
ing influence on the structures it comes
in contact with is matter OF familiar
knowledge to every one. The pris.
matte texture assumed by the lining OF
furnaces after long-continued heat has
long been noticed, while the examina-
ton of brick or teacup shows how
clays are consolidated or fused when
they are baked" The "vitrifcation"
OF sand into CLASSY material is another
peculiar case in point. Where trap or
granite dykes have obtruded themselves
the rock on either side is altered in
structure, being as rule rendered
more crystalline than the unaltered
mass. The high temperature, how
ever, may be applied, not by contact,
as in the case mentioned, but by trans
mission in various ways, such as through
the heat of a volcano, or by hot
springs. steam, or other vapor, per-
meat.ng for ng period the strata.
Even cold water exercises certain
metamorphic influence on the rocks
through which it percolates. 1t is
found more or less minute quantities
in all rocks, even the quartz of granite
being full of tiny water vesicles, of
which only the furnace can deprive it.
Some GRANTEES, indeed, contain in their
ordinary state q pint and half in
every cubic foot. Chalk is also highly
absorbent, some forms of it being able
to take up half of their bu'k without
appearing to be moist. Ordinary sand
stones hold nearly a gallon in a cubic
foot, and according to Ansted, in the
best building stones belonging to the
sandstone group from four to five pints
of water are conta ned in each cubic
foot of the stone. The quantity Of
water capable of being held by common
loose sea-sand amounts to at least two
gallons in cubic foot, while into the
layers of sand between the harder
rocks SO much water is always soaking
that the driest seasons do not exhaust
these reservoirs. BY dissolving out
rock, water must therefore, exercise
some alteration on the beds through
which it percolates, or in which it
stands. This power is, of course,
greatly intensified by heat, and this
heat, we know, is added to it in con-
stantly increasing amounts as the water
descends toward the interior of the
earth. Even at so low temperature
as from 80 to 172 degrees the mineral
waters of Plumbieres, in the Vosges,
have in one week produced zeolites-
minerals consisting of silicates of lime
and magnesia-on the Roman brick
pavement over which they flow, while
other experiments by Daubree were
even more strikingly in proof as to the
remarkable influence which water of a
high temperature will exercise on sub
stances seemingly the least easily af-
fected. If to heat pressure be added,
the result will be still more marked.
Now, when, besides all these factors.
the one of almost unlimited length OF
time has been allowed, the metamor-
phic influence of water must be very
great. EARTH and It's Story"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Holding Court Under a Tree.

About twelve miles from Smithville,
on the opposite side of the creek from
Starksville, Ga, is the old Chehaw
plantation, which derives its name
from the tribe of Indians that formerly
inhabited that section. In the corner
of this plantation stands venerable
oak, eighty feet in height, with a trunk
fifteen feet in height and seven or
eight in diameter. Under this tree the
dusky warriors of the Chehaw nation
held their courts and executed their
criminals. In the gray dawning of
past days they gathered there in coun-
Gil and carried their deliberations far
into the dusk of shadow-haunted twi-
light.
The limbs of this dread oak extend
far out, covering circle of 200 feet or
more. and often when the wind came
with the darkness, and sighed or shiv-
cred through the branches, it swayed
to and fro the lifeless bodies of Grim
inals hanging thereon.
The first white court ever held in
Lee County convened under this oak.
The Judge sat on one of it's large roots
and leaned back against the body of
the tree. The lawyers sat in front of
him on roots and elsewhere, and laid
their briefs and books before them.
Here they read law and harangued the
patient Court for their clients. Here
the Judge made his solemn charge to
the jury, who would retire to another
tree, few PAGES of, and make up their
verdict according to the evidence. >
SmithUiile Ca Ne,os.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Lured on TO Ruin.

Mr.. Readaloud picked up his morn
ing paper, glanced at the headlines,
and gasped, "Great Scotland look at
is-'Another Holocaust A Rotten
Bridget From Sleep to Death Thou
sands of Human" He turned
pale, sank into chair, and whispered,
THAT is the train the children were
coming home on! Read, read, / can
not see!" His wife staggered across
the room, picked up the paper, looked
down the column for names, and see
ing that Of Ly bia Drinkham, sole pro-
prietor of Bolts Blood Remedy, smiled
family, and fell down dead on the
floor. And the next day the Dailu Re
poser lost one of its Oldest subscribers
and a good advertiser. Burdette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
HORRORS OF THE GALLEYS.
The Awful Lives which Convict. Former

The Awful Lives Which Convicts Formerly
Led in Prison boats.
The life Of the French galley slaves
OF the seventeenth and eighteenth GEN.
turtles, says the New York Commercial
Advertiser, has been TINS described by
admiral ne Ia Graviere: "They place
seven men on each bench-that is 70
say, in a space ten feet long by four
feet wide. They are so packed away
that you can see nothing from stern to
bow but the heads of the sailors. The
captain and the officers are not much
better of. When the seas overtake
the galleys, when the north wind bowls
along the coast, or when the sirocco
dampens the passengers with its deadly
moisture, all these make the galley a
perfect hell. The lamentations of the
ships company, the shrieks of the sail
\Grs, the horrible bowling of the con-
victs, the grooming of the timbers,
mixed with the clanking Of the chairs
and the natural noises OF the storm,
produce an effect that will terrify the
bravest of men! Even the calm has it's
Inconvenience. The horrid smells are
80 powerful that you cannot withstand
them, despite the fact that you use to-
bacco in some shape from morning till
night" Condemned in l70l to serve in
the galleys of France on account Of
being Protestant, Jean Martelle de
Bugerac died in 1777 at Galenburg, on
the Gueldre, at the age of 95. He
says "All the convicts are chained
to bench; these benches are
four feet apart and covered with
bag stuffed with wool, on
which is thrown a sheepskin. The
overseer, who is the master of the
slaves. remains aft, near the captain, to
receive his orders. There are two sub
overseers-one amidships, the other
on the bow. Each one of them is armed
i, with whip, which he exercises on the
naked bodies of the crew. When the
captain orders the boat off, the over
seer gives signal from q silver whistle
which hangs from his neck. This is
repeated by the two others, and at once
the slaves strike the water. One
would say the fifty oars were but one.
Imagine six men chained to q bench,
naked as they were born, one foot on
the foot-rest. the other braced against
the seat in front, holding in their hands
On oar of enormous weight, stretching
their bodies out and extending their
arms forward toward the backs of those
before them, who have the same atti-
tude. The oar thus advanced, they
raise the end they hold in their hands,
so that the other end shall plunge into
the sea. That done, they throw them
selves back and fall on their seats,
which bend on receiving them. Some
times the slaves row ten, twelve, or
even twenty hours at time, without
the slightest relaxation. The overseer,
or some one else, on such occasions
puts into the mouth of the unfortunate
rover morsel of bread stepped with
wine, to prevent his fainting. If by
chance one falls over-which often
happens-he is beaten until he is sup
posed to be dead, and then thrown
overheard without ceremony"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
A Popular Thorourhfare.

The Wisconsin Central Line, although q
comparatively new factor in the railroad sys-
TENS of the Northwest has acquired an envi-
able popularity Through careful attention
to details, It's service is as near perfection as
might be looked for. The train attendants
seem to regard their trusts as individual
property and as result the public is served
par-excellence Tho road now runs solid
through fast trains between Chicago, Milwau-
kee, St Paul and Minneapolis with Pullman's
best and unequlled dining cars; it also runs
through, solid sleepors between Chicago, Ash
land Duluth and the famous mining regions
of Northern Wisconsin and Michigan.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
PHYSICAL Culture.

There can be very little reason to
doubt that the drift of modern civiliza-
ton has been unfavorable to the de-
velopment of the physical health and
strength of the masses of the common
people. This has arisen from variety
of causes incident to the increasing use
of labor-saving machinery, the dimin-
ished reward of labor, the sedentary
habits of the people, the large extern
sion of working hours, the augmented
use of tea, spirits, beer and narcotics
to overcome the exhaustion of the vital
(powers for temporary purposes. We
Notice with pleasure the efforts of phi
lanthropic, benevolent, and public
spirited people in our country, to
stimulate on large scale habits of
open-air exercise and other means for
the development of the physical frame,
the muscular powers, the nervous sys-
tenn, and the capacity for exertion of q
sustained character of the children,
youths, and young men and women of
our generation. It is rather too soon
as yet to speak confidently of the re-
suits of these efforts, since it is well
known that the physical frames of the
living generation of Americans have
suffered from the hereditary defects of
many preceding generations of men
and women TO whom life had been q
hard struggle for food, clothing, shelter,
comfort, luxury, amusement, wealth,
power, and position. 1t will, there
fore, require long-continued efforts of
q sanitary character, and great care as
to the habits, diet, manners, customs
81 10 Of ha 10 ~
overcome the vitiating influences re-
ferred to as having produced the pres
ent physical decay.
Perhaps it is fortunate that the fash
ionable classes in this country have set
the example on this subject of initiating
the robust open-air exercises of the
English aristocracy, since it WAS noto-
rious prior to the introduction of this
movement that the American upper
class of society had become physically
inferior TO the middle class by reason
Of their habits, which embraced luxury
in every form and made Incidence an
excuse for everything. We regret,
however, that the Anglicizing tendency
has included too much of a propensity
for guzzling and gormandizing without
any of the open-air exercise which in
England is indispensable to the main
tenance of position in high life. BY
this means an appearance Of health and
robust physique is kept up without the
reality of physical health and strength,
which are only to be attained and pre-
served by horseback exercise, by walk
ing long distances, by open air sports,
like lawn tennis, polo, baseball. crick-
ct, and bicycle riding. To the common
!, people, to whom hard work is neces-
city, q variation of exercise is indis-
pensable for the preservation of sound
health and physical strength. The
present devotion to field sports and
open-air exercises is inspired by good
motives and useful purposes connected
with the sanitary condition of the peo-
pie and the physical education of the
rising generation.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Champion Hangman.

The champion hangman in the
United States is George b. Malidon, of
Fort Smith, Ark, on the border of In
dian Territory. He has been acting as
executioner for the United States Mar
shall there since 1873. The United
States Court in the Territory is scarce
ly more than criminal court, having
jurisdiction of all crimes committed in
that region. This mau has. in his Off
cial capacity, worked off" fifty-two
murderers, hanging forty-two on the
same gallows. This celebrated execu-
toner is 81 years of age, Bavarian by
birth, but an American by residence
for the greater portion of his life. He
is said to be Jolly. good fellow.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Penalties OF Kis ing.

In Iceland kissing has incurred pen
alties of great severity. For kissing
another mans wife, with or without her
consent, the punishment Of exclusion
or its pecuniary Equivalent was
awarded. A man rendered himself
liable for kissing an unmarried woman
under legal guardianship without her
consent; the law required that every
kiss should be wiped out by fine OF
three marks-equivalent TO 140 ellis Of
wadmal-sufficient to furnish whole
ships crew with pilot Jackets.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Blood Will Tell.

There is no question about it-blood will
tell, especially If 1t be an impure blood.
B.otches, eruptions, pimples aud boils, are all
symptoms of an impure blood, due to the im-
proper action of the liver When this i'm
portsnt organ, fails to properly perform its
function of purifying and cleansing the blood,
impurities are carried to all parts OF the sys-
tenn, and the symptoms above referred to are
merely evidences of the struggle OF Nature to
throw of the poisonous germs. Unless her
warning be NEEDED i'll time serious results are
certain to follow, eliminating in liver or kid
ney disorders, or even in consumption DIR.
Perces Golden Medical Discovery will pro-
vent and cure these else ses, by restoring the
liver to q healthy condition.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Wanted n New Divide.

When a good young man who has
been saving his salary for two weeks to
get enorgh money together to hire
livery horse aud buggy long enough to
take his best girl far enough out into
the autumnal hills to gather bale Of
poison oak and three-finger ivy, reads
that the Texas Live. Stock Association
owns 375. 900 horses, he tn nks there is
something radically wrong in the or
ganization of society, and joins the
communists. -BOb Burdette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
when Your Nerves Bother You,

1nvigorate them. When your nights repose
is unsound or unrefreshng, your appetite
jaded or capricious, when slight noises cause
you to start, and annoyances OF slight moment
abnormally worry you know three things. viz. :
LIST, that your nerves are weak; I'd, that you
need tonic Sd. that its name is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, the promptest. safest, most
popular article OF its ciass The nerves
susceptible OF invigoraton only by promoting
an increase of vigor I'm the processes OF digestion
and IMMIGRATION. Narcotics aud sedatives have
their utility, but in the main, and IL thei uss
be continued, they arc unsafe. wineglass OF
tho Bltters before retiring, and repetition of
the same during the day before or after meals.
Is far more likely to confer health yielding
sleep than repeated doses OF an opiato Dys-
pepsia, debility inactivity OF the Kidneys and
bladder, fever and aguo, and other malarial
complaints are always dominated aud subduel
by lit
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Chronic Coughs and Colds,

And all diseases Of the Throat and Lungs, can
be cured by the use OF SCOTS Emulsion, as 1t
contains the healing virtues of Cod Liver OIL
and Hypophosphites in their fullest form. Is
beautiful creamy Emulsion, palatable as
milk, easily digested, and can be taken by the
most delicate. Please read: Il consider
Scott's Emulsion the remedy par excellence in
1uberculous and Srumous Affections, to say
nothing OF ordinary colds and throat trou-
bles. Wv. Il S. CoNNELL, NJ. d., Manchester,
Ohio
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
A Terrible Case.

Omaha Girl --"Well, if you love each
other, and he is able to support wife,
why don't you marry?"
New York Girl-"Don't speak OF it,
1 beg of you. can never marry"
Mercy! What's the matter?"
AT every New York wedding now
the bride has to wear her grandmother's
pearls, and my grandmother hadn't
any. "-Omdha World.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Perils OF the Ballot.

Hundreds of young men will vote
for the first time next November The
newspapers of all parties are printing
long articles beginning with this state
ment. They are correct; that's all
right; you can vote the first time,
young man, without any trouble. But
you keep your eye peeled when you try
1T the second time, or they will run you
in sure.-Bob Burdette.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
Catarrh Cured.

clergyman, after years of suffering from
that loathsome disease, Catarrh, and vainly
trying every known remedy, at last found a
prescription which completely cured and
saved him from death Any sufferer from this
dreadful disease sending a elf addressed
stamped envelope TO Prof. j. A. Lawrence, 2l2
East Ninth street, New York, will receive tho
recipe free Of charge.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
ConsnmptIon surely Cured.

To tho Editor Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above
named disease. BY it's timely use thousands of
hopeless cases have been permanently cured.
shall DO glad to send two bottles of my remedy
FREE TO any OF your readers who have consump-
ton II they will send me their Express and
=. O. address. Respectfully.
r. A. SLOCUM, M. c., 1S1 Pearl St., N. Y.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16

A cLERGyMEN's meeting has been
held in Helmsworth in favor of early
interment in plain earth, in the sim
plest poss bic coffin, instead of falsely
so-called burial in vaults and crowded
graves, simplicity and economy in
place of ostentatious display, Chris
tian simplicity instead Of pagan, and
due reverence at the burial of the very
poor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16

DURING trial in hot weather car
on a 4 russian railway was kept about
16 degrees cooler than the air outside
by receiving it's ventilating current
through m air tank in the roof.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
California Excursions.

Recent changes TO the advantage of those
buying tickets via HE GREAT Rock ISLAND
ROUTE For circular giving full par ticulars
address, Z A. HoLBRooK, General Ticket and
Passenger Agent, Chicago.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16

AN ordinary elephant produces 100
pounds of ivory, worth 600. England
consumes $50 tons (of which Sheffield
one-third,) for which it is necessary to
kill Il. 900 elephants yearly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16

"CAN you recommend for me a good
home course of botany?" asks q cores
pendent. Yes, the flour barrel.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16
To DREAM OF a pondorous whale,
Erect on the tip OF his tail,
Is the sign OF u storm

III the weather Is warm,
Unless it shoul happen TO full.
Dreams cont ainOuit 10 much, anyhow.
Some sign-, however, arc infalhble. Ii you
are coustipated, with no appetite, tortured
with sick headache and bilious symptoms,
these signs ind cate that you need DIR. PIerce's
Pleasant Pursatlve Pellets They will cure
you. All druggists.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16

FRENCH decollete fashion-the back
of the dress being open almost to the
waists in great favor, especially
among the American girls at Homburg.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16

If q man could be divorced from his
creditors how busy the courts would be
kept.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16

Coughs and Colds. Those who are
suffering from Coughs, Colds Sore Throat,
etc, should try BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs.
Sold only IN 6OTes,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-16

PEOPLE are apt to feel proud of oil the
good traits their children show and wonder
where they got oil their bad ones.